Art & Animation

We're looking for a seasoned Art Director, Environments to join our team at Epic Games. As an Art Director, you will be responsible for defining, maintaining, and elevating the visual quality of Rocket League's worlds, balancing realism, readability, and performance of all visual elements in the game.

You will work closely with the Creative Director to set the tone and direction for the environments, and collaborate with a team of multidisciplinary artists and external partners to deliver high-quality environments at scale. This role requires a strong mix of artistic vision, technical depth, and leadership skills, with experience in delivering games with realistic 3D environments and robust outsourcing processes.

As an Art Director, you will be responsible for:

• Defining and pushing the artistic vision for Rocket League's environments, while respecting established visual pillars
• Collaborating with discipline leads, production, and outsourcing teams to deliver high-quality content efficiently
• Translating high-level directions into clear and concise guidelines for internal teams and external partners
• Supporting the Creative Director in reviewing, providing feedback, and ensuring alignment across the team
• Representing the Creative Director in multidisciplinary meetings, reviews, and planning discussions

What We're Looking For

• Strong understanding of environmental art for games, including realistic structures, natural landscapes, and integration of structural and organic forms
• Proven experience in supervising large-scale outsourcing processes, including writing RFPs, reviewing, commenting, and quality control across multiple vendors
• Experience in close collaboration with designers to support main gameplay loops
• Strong willingness and ability to progress, lead, and direct teams with clarity and empathy
• Experience leading to the delivery of at least one commercial game with realistic 3D environments across multiple platforms, including consoles and PC, ideally on titles with ongoing service (experience with Unreal Engine a plus)
• Deep understanding of performance, optimization, and memory compromises, with a practical approach to growth and reuse of assets
• Strong technical art knowledge, including workflows, tools, and content integration for PBR and photogrammetry pipelines
• Excellent mastery of artistic fundamentals: composition, lighting, color theory, scale, and visual appeal
• Experience as a team lead responsible for the complete development of environments, including management of internal teams and external partners
• Developed collaboration spirit, humble management approach, and a sure instinct for what makes environments fun

Benefits

We pay 100% of all benefits premiums, both for employees and dependents, and offer additional coverage for medical, dental, and vision care, serious illness, telemedicine, life insurance, death or mutilation by accident insurance, and long-term disability insurance. We also offer a weekly indemnity (short-term disability) and a retirement savings plan with employer matching contributions. In addition to the employee assistance program, we offer a comprehensive mental well-being program through Modern Health, an organization that provides free therapy and coaching services to employees and dependents.

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